稼ぐ
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to earn (income); to make (money)
2. to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
3. to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かせぐ
Examples67
私 は 自分 の 生活費 を 稼が なくてはならない。
I've got to earn my own living.
彼 は 月 に30 万 円 稼ぐ。
He earns 300,000 yen a month.
かせぐ 金 を 彼 は すべて 本 に 使って しまう。
What money he earns he spends on books.
彼 は 日 に300 ドル も かせぐ。
He earns no less than three hundred dollars a day.
その 仕事 で 彼 は 年間8 千 ドル 稼ぐ。
The business brings him in 8000 dollars a year.
彼女 は 夫 の 半分 の お金 を かせぐ。
She earns half as much money as her husband.